diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e53cb4d9a..8b96cce2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## 1.2.8-SNAPSHOT
+## 1.2.8
 
 **New Features:**
 * **[edison-core]** Add property `edison.ldap.encryptionType` which can be configured to `StartTLS` (default) or `SSL` 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a0623f1b5..fbe1a8f4a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ subprojects {
     // DO NOT FORGET TO DOCUMENT CHANGES IN CHANGELOG.md
     //
     // Add a GitHub release for every new release: https://github.com/otto-de/edison-microservice/releases
-    version = '1.2.8-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '1.2.8'
     group = 'de.otto.edison'
 
     repositories {